Butterick’s Practical Typography

Matthew Butterick is a writer, ty­pog­ra­pher, and lawyer in Los Angeles. His Practical Typography website works like an ebook and presents beginner’s knowledge about typography. 

Chapters:

• typography in ten minutes
• summary of key rules
• foreword by Erik Spiekermann
• introduction
• why typography matters
• type composition
• text formatting
• font recommendations
• page layout
• sample documents
• appendix